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APPLICATION FILED 001225. 1905.

PATBNTED MAY 1, 1906.

" W1 TNESSES UNITED STATES EITENT OFFICE. LEONARD J. RODJEFF, OF CELIAGO, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1. 1906.

Application filed October 25, 1905. Serial No. 284.396.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEONARD J. RoDJEFF, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved display-vehicle, the object of the invention being to provide an improved vehicle adapted for the display of merchandise or other goods which may be transported about the streets to display the goods in a conspicuous and attractive manner.

A further object is to provide avehicle with transparent walls and also provide a removable goods-supporting platform, which may be removed and goods located thereon before the platform. is inserted in the vehicle. Thus by providing a number of such platforms a new display of goods may be always provided and loss of time in changing the display be obviated. I

A further object is to provide in a vehicle of this character improved mounting for display-stands and improved signs which are to e illuminated at night.

. A further object is to provide an improved display-vehicle which will be water-ti ht, having water trough or groove and out ets out, provide improved entrance and door- 0 osure therefor, and provide improved seatsup ort for the operator having the vehicle un er his control.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of arts, as will be more fully hereinafter descri ed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, illustrating my im-" provements. Fig. 2 is a view in horizontal section, Fig. 3 1s a view in vertlcal crosssection. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view in crosssection, showing the body construction; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view.

1 represents a motor-car, preferably of the electric type, so that electric lights may be operated to illuminate the vehicle at night; but the car maybe otherwise operated or may constitute a vehicle without self-propelling means.

display-body, located on the car or running-' gear 1, provided at'suitable intervals with uprights 3, supporting a metallic top 4, and glass 5 is located between the uprights 3 at the sides and front end of the vehicle, so that the interior of the body can be clearly seen. The front of the body is preferably rounded, although the body may be made in any desired shape. Grooved, guides are located in the sides near the top of the body to receive removable signs 6, and lights 7 are located back of the signs to illuminate them. These signs may be changed at will to suit the display or the operators taste.

The rear end of the body is closed by a door 8, mounted to slide vertically, and a seatsupporting bracket 9 is hinged at one side to one corner upright and removably secured to the other, so that. the said bracket can'be swung entirely to one side to permit free access to the body when the sliding door 8 is raised. A groove or gutter 10 is provided around the top to catch the water and direct the same into a spout 1 1 at one rear corner of the body to protect the vehicle from Water which would otherwise flow over the sides of the body, and air-inlets 12 are located in bottom 2, and a ventilator 13 is provided in the top of the body to permit a free circulation of air, and such ventilation will prevent sweating of the glass to interfere with a perfect display of goods.

14 represents my improved display-platform, which is constructed to slide into grooves 15 in the bottom 2 and lie flush with the bottom. This platform is of the proper width to enter the body when the door 8 is raised and forms the support for the goods displayed. The platform is made with dovetai ed grooves 16 to receive display-stands 17, some of which may be adjustable, as shown in Fig. 4, and they may be arranged to su port shelves or may constitute individua supports for the goods. In fact, the display-stands will be arranged in the best manner to artistically display the goods and will be changed to suit varyin conditions. A series of these platforms will be provided, so that they may be dressed outside of the vehicle and afterward slid therein with their entire display in position, hence saving time and securing a better display than could be the case were the dresser compelled to move about in the crowded body.

A curtain rod or rods 26 are located around 2 represents the bottom of my improved the bodyjust inside the glass walls, andacur- ITO tain 27 is mounted on said rod or rods and is adapted to be moved around inside the body to protect the goods or hide them when desired.

Below the bottom 2 a horizontal shaft 18 is mounted and connected by suitable sprocket wheels and chains or other mechanism with an axle of the vehicle or motor for driving the same, and this shaft transmits motion to a short vertical shaft-stub 19 by means of beveled gears 20. This stub 19 is made angular and is below the plane of the platform 14, so as not to interfere with the movement of the latter. On the platform I have illustrated a display-tower consisting of a central vertical shaft 21 and shelves 22, on which the goods are located, and the bottom shelf is separated by ball-bearings 24 from a ring 23 on the platform to permit free turning of the tower. A cou ling-sleeve 25 is located on the lower end of s aft 21, so that when this shaft is in position the coupling 25 can be moved down onto shaft-stub 19 and motion transmitted to the tower to turn the same.

The particular arran ement of displaystands must be left to the user and will be changed from time to time to Vary the display, according to the oods.

great many slig t changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention. Hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, but

consider myself at liberty to make sli ht changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- I ters Patent, is

1. A traveling-vehicle body having transparent walls, a removable platform within said body, display-fixtures and means for removably securing the display-fixtures to said removable platform.

2. A display-vehicle body having transparent walls, a removable platform within said body, said platform having a series of grooves, and removable display-fixtures mounted in said grooves.

3. A display-vehicle body having transparent walls, and having ventilating-openings in its bottom and a ventilator in its to a door at one end of said body, a slidab e plat-form mounted upon the bottom of the body and display-fixtures on said platform.

4. A display .vehicle body having transparent walls, the bottom of said body having guideways, a slidable platform movable in said guideways, said platform having grooves, and display-fixtures movable in the grooves in the platform.

5. The combination of a vehicle-body having transparent walls, a sliding door closing one end thereof, a removable display-platform mounted to slide into and from the body through the doorway, and grooves in said platform to receive removable displaystands. a

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEONARD J. RODJEFF.

Witnesses:

S. W. FosTER, A. W. BRIGHT. 

